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Profanity Bleeps Physical Pain

Scientific American - Posted: July 13th, 2009, 2:30am EDT

p[The following is an exact transcript of this podcast.]/ppHoly @$#%! According to neuroscientists from Britainrsquo;s Keele University, dropping the f-bomb can actually relieve physical pain. In the upcoming August 5th issue of the journal NeuroReport, the researchers say swearing is a different phenomenon than most language. It activates emotional centers in the right side of the brain, rather than those amp;#*@ing cerebral areas reserved for regular #$#y communication in the left hemisphere./p a href=http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=profanity-bleeps-physical-pain-09-07-13[More]/a

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